As a lawyer, I can fairly describe this article as what lawyers refer to as a statement against interest. I have practiced law for 15 years since leaving my original field of engineering. Nevertheless, I believe the prospective cabinet of President-elect Donald Trump is an extraordinary and welcome break from a trend plaguing our government and society at large: the overrepresentation of lawyers in positions of power and leadership.
The Trump Administration represents leaders drawn from citizens at large, and not policy wonks who have made Washington policymaking their careers. It is a throwback to the “dollar-a-year” cabinet secretaries who left the business world and brought their experience to Washington in times of crisis. It is a perfectly timed experiment in citizen governance.
The Obama Administration has been shot through with lawyers in some of the most important government positions. All of the following are attorneys: President Obama; Vice President Biden; Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security; Janet Napolitano, former Secretary of Homeland Security; Tom Perez, Secretary of Labor; Tom Donilon, former National Security Advisor; Valerie Jarrett, one of the president’s closest advisors; John Kerry, Secretary of State; Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State; Ken Salazar, former Secretary of the Interior; Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture; Gary Locke, former Secretary of Commerce; Nancy DeParle, the health care czar; and several others. From health care to national security to foreign policy, lawyers have been at the center of policy making for the last eight years.
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6 comments:
I was telling a lawyer what displeasure I had with the whole law industry and lawyers in particular, when the lawyer stated..."You will like a lawyer when you need one". For which I responded "I will only need a lawyer to defend against another lawyer, get rid of both of them and problem solved"
He just gave me a dirty look.
You are exactly right. You know what you call 100 lawyers at the bottom of the Ocean? A good start!
Lawyers always the first to be lined up in a revolution. Very much needed today. Since we dont shoot them dumping them for experince makes good sense. We have the same problem in our universities. Too many ignorant professers with no bussiness or real life experience. So why do we allow these communists to teach our children?
Why don't sharks bite lawyers, professional curiosity. How can you tell when a lawyer is lying, his lips are moving
Blogger Harley said...
Why don't sharks bite lawyers, professional curiosity. How can you tell when a lawyer is lying, his lips are moving
January 16, 2017 at 6:35 PM
I think you meant courtesy?
I don't think much of lawyers or most doctors. They are BOTH only interested in making the most money with the least effort. One "practices" law and the other "practices" medicine.
They both lie, only telling you what they think you need to know.
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